Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho city Nguyen Thuc Hien on November 22 receives Canadian Consul General in HCM City Annie Dubé. (Photo: VNA)

The Can Tho City municipal official informed the guests of the city’s socio-economic development and its development orientations to 2030 with a vision to 2045. In the first nine months of this year, the export turnover of goods from the city to Canada reached 4.18 million USD mainly with exports of rice, aquaculture products, garments, natural and processed agricultural products, and raw steel and steel products.

Hien said Can Tho City hopes to join in strengthening of the relationship between Vietnam and Canada in the coming time and looks forward to the time when the Consulate General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City will create favorable conditions for the city to establish relationships and cooperate with Canadian partners and organizations to develop areas such as trade, services, and the goods processing industry.

The Canadian diplomat said Vietnam is Canada’s top trading partner in ASEAN, adding Canada will export many goods to Vietnam in the time to come. She said Canada has supported projects consistent with Vietnam’s priority areas such as climate change and environmental protection, and she highlighted that Canada also prioritizes support for gender equality and empowerment of women.

The same day, the diplomat and leaders of Can Tho city planted trees at a local park on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Canada.